Improvement in tongue-supports for vehicles



' H. GARRETT. Tongue-Support for Vehicle.

No. 220,971. Patented Oct. 28, |879.

MMIII-@Hilllllllllllllllil UNITED STATES Iglrxrnlw'rl OFFICE.

HENRY GARRETT, OF RICHMOND, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOROF ,ONEHALF OF HIS RIGHT TO ROBERT SCOTT, OF HOPEWELL STATION, KENTUCKY.

IMPROV'EMENT IN T'ONGUE-SUPPO'RTS FOR VEHICLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 220,971, dated October '28, 1879; application filed March 22,1879.

To all whom t may concern: W.,

Beit known that I, HENRY GARRETT, of Richmond, Ray county, State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Devices for Supporting Wagon-Tongues; and I do hereby decl-.1re thatthe following is an exact and true description of my invention, reference being` had to the accolnpaying drawings,form ing a part of this specification, and' to the let! ters of reference marked thereon.

'The object of my invention is to provide wagon-tongue supporter which is cheaply iliade and applied, and which will support the wagontongue without chang the horses, owing toits pliability.

My invention consists in constructing a at steel spring, which is fastened in the center to a support-block attached to the wagontongue. The outer end of this spring is fastened to the tongue itself by means of a bolt. The other end of this spring is connected to the wagonaxle by a chain, which can be lengthened or shortened, as may be required.

In order to more fully describe my invention, I referto the accompanying drawings,l of whichl Figure l isa longitudinal sectional view of a wagon-ton gue embodying my invention. Fig.- 2 is a plan view ofthe saine.

A represents the wagon-tongue. B is the support-block straddliu g the tongue at a and fastened to it by rod a. Upon the top of this block is placed the Y spring` C, which is held thereto by the stirrup b. To prevent the spring from accidentally displacing itself, prongs d' d are employed.

v D is a screw-bolt holding the whiftietrees on to the tongue. To the top of this bolt is attached the end c of the spring C. The other end, c, of this spring is connected to the axle E by chains fj'. The object of this chain is to enable the tongue to be raised or lowered to suit the height required.

B y this arran gement it will be observedthat the tongue is held up and prevented from resting upon the team, thereby preventing injury to the necks ofthe animals.

Having thus described my invention, I de-l sire to claim- The spring C, in combination with block B,

tongue A, chain ff, and axle E, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

NOAH DAVENPORT, J oHN T. J OBE. 

